The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-04
TALE or A GLUIE.
Onfailing Symptoms OF q Severe
Case Of Love-SIckneSS

~0SS VI IONS-SlSHnGSfs
II was an odor of roses about nv
nephew that lei 10 the discovery of the
glove. Up TO his nineteenth birthday.
which arrived a month ago, he had gone
through life contempslous Of button
holes; and l was a little taken aback
about that time when ! ran against him
az n corner with a Marshal Mel at his
breast. He whipped il hurricdly into
ms pocket, and, being a kindly old gentle
man, pretended not % notice. But nv
laIth IN him was profoundly shaken.
ms was the boy who had refused point
blank To- carry a bouquet down the street
al / bTibe Ot half a guinea. Soon / learned
That he was conveying tasteful little but
t9n-holes into the house up his coat
sleeve; and he blushcd when he was
asked about tumbler in his bedroom.
Then his mother found 4 six-hutton
glove, size five and half, in his pocket.
which none OF us could identify. For
some days he had only had one glove
himself, which he carried spread out in
hiS hand to look like two. We could not
think that this was its loDg-lOst COM
panion.
Pending investigations the glove was
replaced IN Alhcrt'S pocket in the nice
little piece OF tisSue-papcr which protect
cd II Then We watched Albert Hitherto
he had 4 habit Of leaVin. the room when
the conversation took a feminine turn.
but now = change came over him. He
sat on when his mother talked with his
aunt over the relative merits of the
waterfall back and the Norfolk blouse,
and II was observed that though he pre-
tended To hc reading his book he was
rr'illN drlnklng IN the conversation. On
one occasion hc came out OF his shell in a
remarkable manner. The two ladies'
were asking each other what was the
other name for the waterfall back. and
Albert, carried away bv his interest in
the discussion, mUrmurrd "RedingOte "
Ills mother and his aunt looked at him
IN amaIrmcut, which made Albert turn
both white and red. Not long afterward
II leaked out that he knew what sailor
collars were, and liked pIle-pink ones.
Albert even began 10 take an interest
IN hIs sisters dresses. His sisters are
nSch younger than himself. and there
i story IN the family that about the
time he was saving up for some coveted
little treasurer he would not let them
Kiss HIM under six pence each. Ii WAS
statistical information about his sisters
that Albert now asked or in 4 casual
sort OF way that did not deceive his relat-
ives once hr WIS discovered irving 10
ascertain Tor himself how much Gertrude
"A+F - A''NaA At''AAF AAslHNAlAaN llolllltA IllC
waist. Not being accustomed 10 those
attentions Gertrude liked them ut first
but II was soon borne in upon her
though she was only fourtccn-that her
brother was experimenting on her for
prIvat" reasons ut his own. Albert was
also curious To know what size in boots
Gertrude required, and smiled 10 him
self when told. Gertrude, who has known
since she was fourteen that she has large
4.N L.
have been u week after the discovery of
the glove in Albcrt'S pocket that he
asked hlS mother, with IN artificial yawn
whether five and half WAS not 4 small
size in gloves Tor a lady. Then his mother
asked me 10 go delicately to work and
find ont what was Albert ) condition, and
who she wIS-
I thought would leave it to Albert to
tell me who she was, but experimental
on him to discover his condition. Moth
ing ! feel, could have been more delicate
than the way | set about il. The glove
became, so TO speak, the means OF COM
munication between me and Albert
First, / removed it from his pocket one
day when Albert lay dreaming on the
couch | took the tissue paper Off and
then gently returned the naked glove to
ItS slumbeTing owner. That evening
Albert asked me for the kew of the book
case. This il because l have literary
lcanings and mediate writing Il great
book when | settle down and have time
Albert, however, so seldom asks for th,.
key 10 the book-casc-indecd, IL il rarely
Ia Ice found when wanted-that | in
vitcd his confidence ~ to what book hc
required. To my surprise he said ''the
large Shakespeare. This large Shake
spearc Is a sore subject with me. II i in
- many great volumes that the shelf IL
"a frf2frTrsnfIN~ II -. a.
gorgcouSly illustrated. Albert took away
one OF the volumes, and / sat pondering
what he could want IL for. Doubtless
AlbcTt'S sudden devotion To Shakespeare
had something to DO with the glove, but
where the connection came it was not
evident. BY and by Albert brought the
volume back. Whom he hal gone |
looked through it, but could discover
nothing. Next morning Albert's mother
puzzled me by remarking that she
thought that had taken the tissue paper
of the glove. On being asked for an cx-
pl3natIuu, she said that she hal looked
TO sec, and that the glove WAS still in it,
wrapper. At this | went straight to the
bookcase and again took down that vol
umc of Shakespeare. 1t was ~ | sus-
pcCtcd: Albert had torn out the tissue
paper protecting one of the illustrations
the play scene in Hamlet
Tho next experiment l tried was also a
simple one. He carried tn, glove in an
inside pocket, over the spot where Albert
thought his heart was. Taking advantage
Of favorable moment, / got IT the coat
and changed the glove 10 another pocket
The next time / had an opportunity OF
feeling for IL, il was back in th. old place
again. This happened several times 4:
Albert, who i I simple youth fu- all his
cunning, evidently thinking that he had
put the glove into the wrong pocket.
Then ! hazrdCd q bOldCr step Again
taking possession OF the glove, | dropped
II in "a corner of the dr;lwinS-rOom.
That evening Albert came back from
the office in perturbcd state OF mind.
] watched him on his knees in the hall
looking Tor something, and when he SAW
me ne pretended To- bc unlaring his
shoes. He wandered from room t. room.
AMI was subsequently heard finging his
things about in his bedroom He said
not Worl about his loss, however, to
any one. Next morning | was surprised
20 see him bright and cheerful / went
into the ir.IwiUg-roOm, and, behold. tn .
glove w.S gone. From the way i'm which
the uusu-poctiug Albert WAS incrSSantlv
putting hIS hand into that inside pocket.
| saw that there was once more a five
and-a-hali glove in II. ! had feared that
Albert would treasure IL somewhere else
now, but no. hC evidently thought that
IA hal dropped II in the drawing-ro0m
accidentally perhaps after passipnately
gazing on il in secret.
But the awakening came when / con
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